Happy 4th birthday to Liam!

Liam had his 4th birthday this month. We did a family party. This time I made sure to get a cake (Last year I didn't think he'd notice and we'd all been sick anyways, so I thought we'd skip the cake. A few days later we had a family dinner on Sunday. My mom made a cake for Liam in honor of his birthday. He LOVED it and talked about it for days! I took note.)!
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The cousins liked the cake too. (in order left to right- Collette, Gracie, Ruby & Payson)
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They also liked the presents. Liam was so anxious to play with his new Thomas Train tracks that he left the cousins to open the last present.
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Happy birthday Liam!

London- day 3

Our last day and more double decker bus rides.
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Buckingham palace...which sadly didn't do changing of the guard that day due to the rain. :(
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The kids obviously loved it.
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All of our umbrellas were on their last leg.
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St. Jame's Park (I think)
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A World War II monument
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More guards
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Big Ben
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Meeting a few celebrities.
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The London Eye
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This was my view of the London Eye as I went on a mad search for pants for Max.  This was after he had a blowout & I didn't have a change of clothes OR a diaper with me! About 15 minutes of being a strange, running tourist, I found a store called Next which had some little boy pants.
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Our view from inside the London Eye.
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The boys did like this part. Liam and me had talked for weeks about the "clock tower" & the "big wheel" that we'd see for Christmas.
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Nightlife.
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Westminster Abbey
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Chad and me got to go on a little date our last night in Europe. Yes, we probably should've done it more often, but we were usually so tired after a day of walking and cold. On this date we sampled some of these chocolates. I think we got mint, ginger, orange, coconut & super dark (my favorite!).
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The neighborhood we were in (Shoreditch) was supposedly notorious for having really awesome & authentic curry. I wanted to try it, but we weren't really hungry, so I suggested we just stop in this more "deli-looking" curry place. I figured we just grab some take out, but that's not how they did things there. So basically, I picked the worst place ever to eat curry! Did I mention that my first bite of chicken was cold/lukewarm. I was so nervous we were both gonna get food poisoning!
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Banksie the famous graffiti artist (or at least I like to think it is)...and a sign that we thought was a little odd.
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Our flight home. Max doesn't discriminate on who's shirt he'll put his hands down apparently.
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